to the....

Its coming through a hole in the air

from those nights in tiananmen square

Its coming from the feel

That it aint exactly real

Or its real, but it aint exactly there

from the wars against disorder

from the sirens night and day

from the fires of the homeless

from the ashes of the gay

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a. ~ Leonard Cohen

Chorus

Sail on, sail on

O mighty ship of state!

To the shores of need

Past the reefs of greed

Through the squalls of hate

Sail on, sail on, sail on...

Its coming to america first

The cradle of the best and of the worst

Its here they got the range

And the machinery for change

And its here they got the spiritual thirst

Its here the familys broken

And its here the lonely say

That the heart has got to open

In a fundamental way

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

Its coming from the women and the men

O baby, well be making love again

Well be going down so deep

That the rivers going to weep

And the mountains going to shout amen!

Its coming like the tidal flood

Beneath the lunar sway

Imperial, mysterious

In amorous array

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

Chorus

Im sentimental, if you know what I mean

I love the country but I cant stand the scene

And Im neither left or right

Im just staying home tonight

Getting lost in that hopeless little screen

But Im stubborn as those garbage bags

That time cannot decay

Im junk but Im still holding up

This little wild bouquet

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

Its coming through a crack in the wall

On a visionary flood of alcohol

]from the staggering account

Of the sermon on the mount

Which I dont pretend to understand at all

Its coming from the silence

On the dock of the bay

]from the brave, the bold, the battered

Heart of chevrolet

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

Its coming from the sorrow on the street

The holy places where the races meet

from the homicidal bitchin'

That goes down in every kitchen

To determine who will serve and who will eat

from the wells of disappointment

Where the women kneel to pray

For the grace of God in the desert here

And the desert far away

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

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Its coming through a crack in the wall

On a visionary flood of alcohol

]from the staggering account

Of the sermon on the mount

Which I dont pretend to understand at all

Its coming from the silence

On the dock of the bay

]from the brave, the bold, the battered

Heart of chevrolet

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.

Its coming from the sorrow on the street

The holy places where the races meet

from the homicidal bitchin'

That goes down in every kitchen

To determine who will serve and who will eat

from the wells of disappointment

Where the women kneel to pray

For the grace of God in the desert here

And the desert far away

Democracy is coming to the u.s.a.